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Butterflyblue: 1月 2005
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日曜日, 1月 30, 2005. Looks like I failed the kanken and lost my mobile phone on the same day. I'll definitely take the kanken again in June. It's a good experience. I think I got stared at a bit by the other test-takers. More so than at the Chinese test. The group taking 3-kyuu was all ages, but there were probably more middle schoolers than anything, one very young child, and a sprinkling of older adults. Posted by butterflyblue @ 8:32 午後. 月曜日, 1月 24, 2005. She screamed, "No! Did you hear me? Posted by but...
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Butterflyblue: 2月 2005
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月曜日, 2月 28, 2005. I'm beginning to become addicted to George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series. I just finished the first book, "A Game of Thrones". It had considerable charm, and according to reviews I've seen the next two are even better. The fourth book in the series comes out March 7. I'm also reading a long fantasy series in Japanese, but it's a secret for now, since I'm reading it pretty slowly and I don't know when I'll finish. Posted by butterflyblue @ 9:34 午前. 金曜日, 2月 25, 2005.
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Butterflyblue: 3月 2005
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水曜日, 3月 30, 2005. A couple days ago, I read this. Also, from the same site, this. Is the funniest thing I've read for awhile; actual search strings people used that led them to his site about linguistics and culture). With that idea to inspire me, I'm doing some pronunciation exercises with this book,. While I'm on the topic of language, I really benefitted from Language Two,. Posted by butterflyblue @ 10:22 午前. 金曜日, 3月 25, 2005. Originally uploaded by moglet. Posted by butterflyblue @ 11:46 午前. If I'd v...
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Butterflyblue: Linguistic Musings
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水曜日, 3月 30, 2005. A couple days ago, I read this. Also, from the same site, this. Is the funniest thing I've read for awhile; actual search strings people used that led them to his site about linguistics and culture). With that idea to inspire me, I'm doing some pronunciation exercises with this book,. While I'm on the topic of language, I really benefitted from Language Two,. Posted by butterflyblue @ 10:22 午前. Awaiting JET decision daniel. Thanks and good luck! Arguing that the wall is comin' down.
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Butterflyblue: First Day of School
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木曜日, 4月 14, 2005. First Day of School. Today was my first day of teaching the new first-years. Ah, I am so blessed to have such great students. I hear other ALTs complain about "bad kids" and "behavior problems", but I never have to deal with anything like that. The JET program's main flaw is that most ALTs are underutilized. I just spent 6 weeks without teaching at all, and where is the sense in that? In the first term I like to do some TPR in every class. So today I used some commands like jump, cl...
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Butterflyblue: Note
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水曜日, 4月 06, 2005. I finished reading George R.R. Martin's A Storm of Swords. I also just watched Saw. Both were so good, both impressive for what they were. This just in: I reserved tickets to go home (for the first time in 2 years) for nearly 4 weeks this summer. If all goes as planned, I'll be there from July 15 - August 11. Posted by butterflyblue @ 11:38 午後. Food Review: Soy Milk Yogurt. Shijo Saidai no Sakusen? Trip to China (August 2004). Taiwan 1 (December 2004). Soju and I (South Korea).
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Butterflyblue: 12月 2004
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水曜日, 12月 29, 2004. Travel Journal, Taiwan. With that out of the way, the rest of this post will be upbeat. I don't have my pictures from Taiwan uploaded yet, but they're on the way. We had an exciting and wonderful time. A Day-By-Day Account of Our Adventures. A young woman who is a friend of a friend of pretty-sunshine, and speaks Japanese, agreed to take us sightseeing in Taipei. We went to the National Palace Museum and the night market. It was a bit confusing. I would later learn that there are m...
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Butterflyblue: 6月 2004
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火曜日, 6月 29, 2004. New Vegetarian Restaurant in Kobe. Last night, my friend Misa and I went to Vegismile, a new vegan restaurant in Kobe. It's a terrific place with many interesting choices for vegetarians. It is a little hard to find, but it's near Hankyu Rokko station, in Nada-ku. The owner and chef of Vegismile is Takeshi Yamamoto. He studied with vegan chefs in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand after he developed an allergy to animal products. (I got this information from an article. By Chris Page in.
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Butterflyblue: Weekend, Golden Week, etc
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火曜日, 4月 26, 2005. Weekend, Golden Week, etc. Last Saturday, N. and I took a drive in his car, a tiny Honda convertible, with the top open. We went to Rinkuu town, an American shopping plaza near Kansai airport. We did a little shopping and had lunch at a delicious Chinese restaurant there called 紅虎餃子房. After we returned to Osaka, I took the train back to Kobe alone and went straight to Akashi for Homodachi's takoyaki party. Which is called 珍獣動物園 (Zoo of Rare Animals) in Japanese, or. First Day of School.
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Butterflyblue: 9月 2004
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火曜日, 9月 28, 2004. As Sparkling As Ever. I want to say that the students' 目がいつものように、輝いています。 Said a teacher at my school. "I mean to say it, sort of sarcastically, you know? How would you say it in English? He showed me the words "Your eyes are as sparkling as ever." He meant that their eyes are shining with enthusiasm, eager to learn. Posted by butterflyblue @ 10:30 午前. 火曜日, 9月 21, 2004. Do You Remember Me? My Name is Mayonnaise. Do you remember me? My name is Mayonnaise.". I think she must have meant tha...
